BMW has launched a 40-tonne electric truck

During the First World War, gasoline prices were high, so in the 1910s electric enjoyed special demand . In one of New York City in 1910, worked seventy thousand electric taxis and they were popular in Europe. But in 1920 sales decreased prices of cars with internal combustion engines and electric cars gradually withdrew into the shadows to 60-70-ies, when people are thinking about Ecology .

In 2015, BMW He became the first automaker in Europe , forty-ton truck that uses electricity for transportation of goods on public roads. Its main advantages - silence and environmental friendliness.





German company produces truck Terberg. July 7, Terberg YT202-EV eight times a day, runs between the logistics center and SCHERM factory BMW in Munich. He carries parts: shock absorbers, springs, steering system. To truck drove a hundred kilometers, it must be fully recharged in three to four hours. For maximum "purity" of the experiment he will be charged with electricity from renewable sources. The short distance between the points of the route allows you to charge the truck is not more than once a day.

Similar Terberg YT202-EV truck with an internal combustion engine emits 11, 8 tons of carbon dioxide a year. So much gas will release the car BMW 320d Efficient Dynamics, toured the world three times. Oceanographers warn , that humanity and the urgent need to significantly reduce emissions into the atmosphere, or affect all the ecosystems of the world's oceans, which will have an impact for people in the areas in which people use the world's oceans, including fish production. These projects can make a difference.



Since the 1920s, electric cars were used in large quantities, but isolated attempts introduction of electric motors in special transport. In 1935, MEI made of ZIS-5 battery garbage. Forty batteries total capacity of 168 ampere-hours and the engine power of 13 kW allow the truck to carry garbage weighing 1,800 kg at a speed of 24 km / hour and forty kilometers. Since 1948, Moscow has used four electric mail us LAZ-carrying capacity of 0, 5 and 1, 5 tons, ten more prototypes before 1958 carried mail in Leningrad.





Co-founder of Tesla Ian Wright in February 2015 talked about the economic feasibility of using large electric vehicles. Wright left and started Tesla electric motors for trucks, founded the company Wrightspeed. Its engines drive cars courier FedEx, UPS and DHL, and trucks

The family car burns about 600 gallons of gasoline a year (2270 liters). To buy an electric, you will need to add the cost of car 15 thousand dollars, and the savings on fuel will make a half thousand dollars. Cars will be repaid in ten years. A garbage truck, which consumes 14,000 gallons per year (53,000 liters), would save 35 thousand dollars on fuel and 20 thousand in the service. Blockquote>
 



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